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10/1/2004

C. Michael Bailey

The Bo-Keys possess an updated Memphis Soul sound - and it is a damn good thing as they all came by it honestly. The guitarist Skip Pitts was responsible for the incendiary introduction to Isaac Hayes's “Theme from Shaft” as well as loads for work for Al Green. So, these guys are the real deal, delivering a good-natured Memphis Soul Stew on The Royal Sessions. It sounds as if the guys are having fun also. The group is of the Booker T variety being an organ quartet supplemented with horns. The sound is updated from the Otis Redding Sound of the late 1960s. No Motown allowed, only the sanctified soul of Southern R&B. For the real grease, listen to “Back at the Chicken Shack.” See The Bo Keys.